High prognostic nutritional index (PNI) as a positive prognostic indicator for non-small cell lung cancer patients with bone metastasis.

Shanqi XuShoubo CaoJianxiong GengChunyan WangQingwei MengYan Yu

Published in: The clinical respiratory journal (2020)

PNI represents a non-invasive, efficiency and convenient biomarker of NSCLC patients with bone metastasis. High PNI, systematic chemotherapy and distant metastasis number <2 are independent positive prognostic factors of NSCLC patients with bone metastasis.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
bone mineral density
small cell lung cancer
soft tissue
advanced non small cell lung cancer
bone regeneration
lymph node
squamous cell carcinoma
epidermal growth factor receptor
rectal cancer
chemotherapy induced